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Attackers Target Winter Olympics with Weaponized Word Doc | Infosecurity Magazine | Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting organizations involved in the Pyeongchang Olympics with a weaponized Word doc, and using a range of obfuscation techniques to fly under the radar. When the user clicks “Enable Content” in the doc, it launches a hidden PowerShell script. | Warning: Microsoft's Meltdown and Spectre Patch is Bricking Some AMD PCs | BetaNews | As if the Meltdown and Spectre bug affecting millions of processors was not bad enough, the patches designed to mitigate the problems are introducing issues of their own. Perhaps the most well-known effect is a much-publicized performance hit, but some users are reporting that Microsoft's emergency patch is bricking their computers. | CES 2018: The Weirdest Gadgets from the World's Biggest Tech Show | The Telegraph | CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, is an annual event in Las Vegas to show off the best new technology, but every year it has some downright bizarre products. The Telegraph has pulled together some of the weirdest products on display so far, from smiling companion robots to a magic mirror that will critique your complexion. | | | Google’s Online Tutor Turns You Into a Master of Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and More | MakeUseOf | You may still have more Google tips and tricks to learn—and doing so could boost your everyday productivity. Let’s try something different: the official tutor offered directly by Google. G Suite Training is a Chrome extension that takes you on a walkthrough of all the popular Google tools. It gives you all the training you need inside Google’s apps. | Five Slack Hacks That Can Keep You Productive No Matter What | Fast Company | Here’s how to get notified only when you want to, master some handy keyboard shortcuts, and turn off that annoying red dot. | | | Install Gmail Add-ons for Your Entire Domain | G Suite Updates | Google recently launched Gmail Add-ons, which allow you to work with your favorite business apps—directly from Gmail. To make it super easy for users to access these helpful tools, Google has now made it possible for G Suite admins to install Gmail Add-ons for their entire domains. | Move Projects from Spreadsheets to Asana: Introducing the CSV Importer | Asana Blog | With Asana's new CSV importer, you can import your spreadsheet right into an Asana project so you can begin managing your project in a collaborative, flexible tool with just a few clicks. | Pause Workflows | BetterCloud Release Notes | An action titled “Wait for Duration” is now available in the BetterCloud Workflow Builder! Using this action, you can now preset your workflow to pause at specific times, and for a specific duration of hours or days, before continuing on to subsequent actions. | Connect Multiple Instances of G Suite and Office 365 | BetterCloud Release Notes | BetterCloud now supports multiple instances of the Google and Microsoft Office 365 Connectors offered in our app! This allows organizations spread across many domains and service providers to assemble all of their data in one cohesive view, supporting more comprehensive security measures, powerful automations, and efficient management tasks. | | ASUS Can Turn Three Screens into One Seamless Gaming Display New ROG accessories make your gaming sessions prettier and more productive. |
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